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I could hardly believe that
story Noonan told me about his trip down in Mexico , but I didn't question him
about it.
The summer had passed and it
was almost time to go back to school. I moved on up to high school while Marly
had another year of Jr. High.
Things were a little
different in high school there were more social events scheduled and more
interaction with the opposite sex such as dances and acting in the school
plays, and working together on school projects.
Sports became more intense as
the competition between schools became important. I wasn't too fond of wearing
the short gym pants but mandatory showering after class cleaned up some of the
boys that had an aversion to bathing.
Marly decided to swear off
boys for her attempts at romance left her somewhat unfulfilled. It seems that
the guys she went out with, usually were too fresh, unfaithful, and want her to
pay for everything. With her meager
finances she couldn't afford them.
I happened to over hear her having
a frank discussion with Ma, and it made me blush. Ma's advice was mostly about what you want to
do without coercion, and who you want to be.
After that talk with Ma she took a “Who needs
them?” attitude toward guys.
Since I was going to a
different school than Linda and Marly they became close friends and they would
often talk in whispered tones where I couldn't hear them, and then giggle while
looking at me.
I knew they were having fun
at my expense and was having trouble figuring out how to get even with them.
Marly was self invited when
Linda and I would go somewhere and I wasn't quite happy about it even if Linda
was my sister or not.
When we went to the show, we used to sit in the back and
now we sat in the middle seats. That pretty
well eliminated the hugging and kissing, and that was one of the reasons I
wanted to go to the movies.
Worst of all, when we went to
a school dance I had to do something I hated, and that was to dance with my sister
especially if it turned out to be a slow dance.
As it turned out this went on
for the whole year, and I asked most everyone I could trust not to blab about
it and what I should do. In every case it was some version of, “Now she is your
sister and you must watch over her.”
It looked like neither she
nor I was going to do much courting this year even though I would introduce her
to a lot of boys from my new school.
I was disgusted with the
whole idea of, "Romance for teens" except when the three of us would
come home from a late event Marly would stop at home while I walked Linda home,
just the two of us.
I would kiss her goodnight
and the warmth of her lips would make everything alright again.
I think her father must have
had super hearing for two minutes after we would get on the porch the light
would come on, and he would say in his sternest voice, "Linda, its time
for you to come in, and tell that young man to go home."
We finally figured out to do
our kissing before we got to the porch.
I was disturbed by the way
things were going this year but Ma would say, “The things that should work out,
will work out, so don't worry about it.
While I couldn't fully see
the logic of what she was saying, but it always made me feel better just
hearing it.
Oh Lawd!
To be Continued
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